{"id":48011,"date":"2023-05-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/our-aim-is-to-work-together-within-the-commonwealth-to-enhance-the-potential-of\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T11:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T11:49:41","slug":"our-aim-is-to-work-together-within-the-commonwealth-to-enhance-the-potential-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/our-aim-is-to-work-together-within-the-commonwealth-to-enhance-the-potential-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Our aim is to work together within Commonwealth to enhance potential of our young people \u2013 Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Head of State made the disclosure on Friday 5th May 2023 at the at Marlborough House, the Commonwealth Secretariat Headquarters, where he joined King Charles III as well as leaders from across the Commonwealth and Secretary General,  Patricia Scotland for the Commonwealth Leaders Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame who is currently assuming his role as the Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth since 2022, welcomed the leaders of the two newest Commonwealth countries (Togo and Gabon) and paid tribute to the new Commonwealth Head.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate the King\u2019s lifelong devotion to Commonwealth affairs, just as we remember the role of her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, in giving the modern Commonwealth its shape and spirit,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Kagame further stressed the need to empower young people who account for 60 percent of Commonwealth population. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim is to work together within the Commonwealth to enhance the potential of our young people. There is more work to do to ensure the Commonwealth becomes more relevant and responsive to our people\u2019s needs. This is especially fitting, as 2023 is the Commonwealth Year of Youth,\u201d noted the President.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was held ahead of the coronation of King Charles III slated for Saturday 6th May 2023. <\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal sovereign states.<\/p>\n<p>Its combined population is 2.5 billion, of which more than 60 per cent is aged 29 or under. The Commonwealth Secretariat supports member countries to build democratic and inclusive institutions, strengthen governance and promote justice and human rights.<\/p>\n<p>Commonwealth\u2019s work helps to grow economies and boost trade, deliver national resilience, empower young people, and address threats such as climate change, debt, and inequality.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47643 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fvzghqfxgaeuzfx-8e337.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame addressing participants of the meeting. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47644 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fvzghqhx0aeyok2-31c06.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47645 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fvzghqfxgaaksmr-702cb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47646 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fvyufmqxgaeson8-b4ac8.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame with King Charles III after attending the meeting. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47647 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fvyufmhx0aamf1k-7a7f1.jpg\" alt=\"Participants posing for a group photo after attending the Commonwealth Leaders Meeting.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has reminded Commonwealth countries of their responsibility to work together to empower young people.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-48011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48011"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=48011"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=48011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}